tacloban

Project Tacloban (2010/2011) was a collaboration between 3 architect students (Alexander Furunes, Trond Hegvold, Ivar Tutturen) a local NGO called Streetlight, and the families of the Seawall slum in Tacloban, the Philippines. The ambition was to strengthen a community through the collective process of making architecture. Designed in conjunction with local mothers through a series of workshops, and constructed in collaboration with local fathers, the outcome of the project was a study center for the children of Tacloban. The parents’ realization that they could create a better future for their children released incredible amounts of energy and a generated a very strong sense of unity.